An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Amazon has launched a new program that directly pays consumers for information about what they’re purchasing outside of Amazon.com and for responding to short surveys. The program, Amazon Shopper Panel, asks users to send in 10 receipts per month for any purchases made at non-Amazon retailers, including grocery stores, department stores, drug stores…
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Amazon’s Latest Gimmicks Are Pushing the Limits of Privacy
At the end of September, Amazon debuted two especially futuristic products within five days of each other: a small autonomous surveillance drone, called Ring Always Home Cam, and a palm recognition scanner, called Amazon One. “Both products aim to make security and authentication more convenient — but for privacy-conscious consumers, they also raise red flags,” reports Wired. From the report: Amazon’s…
Storelift Launches Autonomous Convenience Stores Using AI and Computer Vision
schwit1 shares a report from VentureBeat: As physical retail struggles amid the global pandemic, storeowners are rapidly trying to adapt to new realities that also include growing competition from Amazon. But a French startup called Storelift believes it can create a new convenience store concept that leans on many of the same AI and computer vision tools used in Amazon Go…
Amazon Is Now Selling Its Cashierless Store Tech To Other Retailers
Amazon is now offering its “Just Walk Out” technology to other retailers. “The technology uses a combination of cameras, sensors, computer vision techniques and deep learning to allow customers to shop, then leave the store without waiting in line to pay,” reports TechCrunch. It’s the same tech that Amazon uses in its “Go” cashierless convenience stores and Amazon’s newly launched Amazon…
New Amazon Scanner Can Identify Shoppers By The Veins In Their Hand
An anonymous reader quotes USA Today: What if you could pay for your groceries using your veins? Amazon filed a patent for technology that could identify you by scanning the wrinkles in the palm of your hand and by using a light to see beneath your skin to your blood vessels. The resulting images could be used to identify you as…
Amazon Is Planning To Open Cashierless Supermarkets Next Year
Amazon.com is preparing to open Amazon Go supermarkets and pop-up stores, an expansion of the company’s cashierless ambitions that includes the possibility of licensing the technology to other retailers. From a report: The new store formats and licensing initiative could launch as soon as the first quarter of 2020, according to a person familiar with the project. Amazon is testing a…
Amazon’s Most Ambitious Research Project Is a Convenience Store
Amazon has set up 14 Amazon Go stores in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle. They do not have any cash registers so once customers have scanned a screen from a special app on their phone at the entrance, they just grab their items and walk out the door, while Amazon magically charges their credit card. By all accounts, the…
Tesco, One of the World’s Largest Supermarket Operators, Is Testing Cashierless Stores Solely Dependent On Cameras
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Wall Street Journal: Tesco, one of the world’s largest supermarket operators, is one of several grocers testing cashierless stores with cameras that track what shoppers pick (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source), so they pay by simply walking out the door. The retailers hope the technology — similar to that pioneered by Amazon.com Inc….